Weekend Estimates: Jurassic World Projected for a $204.6 Million Opening

June 14th, 2015

Universal have announced a $204,596,380 projected opening weekend for Jurassic World, leaving it just short of The Avengers’ weekend record, which stands at $207,438,708. According to Universal’s estimates, the film made a revised estimate of $82.6 million on Friday, $69.7 million on Saturday—just ahead of The Avengers’ $69.5 million Saturday haul—and is projected to make $52.3 million today, down 25% from Saturday’s number. The Avengers made $57 million on Sunday, and the same number for Jurassic World would edge it over the record line with $209 million. With stratospheric numbers like this, it’s obviously hard to predict the final weekend outcome precisely, but it’s still clearly possible that Jurassic World will take the all-time record.

The franchise is no stranger to records. Back in May, 1997, The Lost World: Jurassic Park set a new opening weekend record with $72.1 million, almost $20 million more than previous record holder, Batman Forever’s $52.7 million in June, 1995. Adjusted for ticket price inflation, Lost World’s weekend would be equal to about $128 million today—just enough for a place in the top 20.